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How Do We Sketch?–Sketch Demonstration by USk Japan/ USk Japanスケッチデモ@オンライン大原写生会

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Where and how we sketch is a big topic for urban sketchers now. Life is very different than it was half a year ago and all of us somewhat need to adapt to that. Many sketchers including me have started to explore the world of virtual sketch/Street View sketch. It’s not urban sketch, so I’m not going to talk about it here. But I feel this change is giving us a good insight about how we sketch in general. 新型コロナの影響で生活が大きく変容している現在、スケッチのありようもまた以前とは異なってきています。わたしもですが、外に描きに行けないぶんGoogleのストリートビュー上の景色を描くバーチャルスケッチを始めたスケッチャーも多いですよね。もちろんこれは「現場」をドキュメントするアーバンスケッチの理念に反するため、ここで取り上げる話題ではないのですが、こうしたスケッチライフの変化はわたしたちが普段どう描いているかを見直すきっかけになっていると個人的には感じています。 --------------------------- Last December, we had a special year-end meet-up with the great help from our fellow drawing group, Yotsuya Dessin-kai. They have stopped having figure drawing sessions, which they held every Saturday night, for three months so far due to COVID-19. But they are trying out different new ideas online now. On May 30 and 31, t